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Thumb2 code uses R7 as the frame pointer rather than R11, because the opcodes to access it are generally shorter. This means that there are cases where we cannot simply add it to the clobber list of an asm() block, but need to preserve/restore it explicitly, or the compiler may complain in some cases (e.g., Clang builds with ftrace enabled). Since R11 is not special in that case, clobber it instead, and use it to preserve/restore the value of R7. Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> Reviewed-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.